Re: psql and schemas

Is there a TODO here? Or a few?

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Neil Conway wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 05:32, Tom Lane wrote:
> > The behaviors you mention were written at different times by different
> > people, and mostly have nothing to do with schemas per se. I agree that
> > some more consistency would probably be good. Do you have a specific
> > proposal?
>
> Sure, I just thought I'd check if there was method to psql's madness
> before suggesting changes. Proposed new behavior:
>
> \dn non_existent_schema
> ===> "No such schema ..."
> (previously: empty list of schemas)
>
> \d non_existent_schema.*
> ===> "No such schema ..."
> (previously: Did not find any relation named "non_existent_schema.*".)
>
> I'm not sure how we should handle "\dn schema_name." (notice the period;
> assuming a schema with that name exists). The current behavior of
> listing all schemas is obviously wrong, but I'm not sure what the right
> behavior is. Perhaps we should reject the command?
>
> I think there needs to be a way to list all the objects in a schema.
> What do people think about making "\dn schema" behave like "\dn+ schema"
> currently does, and changing "\dn+ schema" to list the objects in the
> specified schema, like "\d" currently does for the objects in the search
> path?
>
> (BTW, I think a useful way to assess the usability of psql's schema
> slash commands is trying to use them to explore the information_schema.
> Perhaps I'm missing something, but with the current psql it seems almost
> impossible to do that effectively without adding information_schema to
> the search path.)
>
> -Neil
>
>
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